Sujet
Decorated Jar with Boat Scenes, c. 3300-3100 BC. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Decorated Jar with Boat Scenes, c. 3300-3100 BC. The decoration painted on this jar shows two multi-oared boats traveling through fertile riverbanks lined with trees and aloe bushes. Rows of triangles indicate the desert hills in the background. The Nile was Egypt?s primary means of transportation and communication, since river traffic was far more efficient than travel by land. The concept of boat travel permeated all aspects of Egyptian life and religion. The sun god Ra was believed to travel by boat across the heavens by day and through the underworld by night. Funerary texts describe the trip to the afterlife as a journey by boat, and scenes of boats figured prominently in tomb decoration.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F77_367
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
123,5Mo (7,1Mo) / 53,5cm x 57,8cm / 6324 x 6824 (300dpi)